republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-213.md

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Bill	"Flint River Drought Protection Act"; clarify legislative intent; revise definitions; expand programs	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Flint River Drought Protection Act," so as to clarify legislative intent; to revise definitions; to expand programs and provide for completion of new studies; to provide for additional powers of the director; to provide for new irrigation efficiency requirements; to provide for participation in augmented flow programs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 213	Georgia SB 213 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Dean Burke Freddie Powell Sims Jack Hill Rick Jeffares Ronnie Chance Ross Tolleson	13	22	1	2013-02-25	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/32d38611-e3bd-4e4d-9ee7-e3f0b79e8fdc	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	fb23716c8f2ca9981a1e744a451357fafadd4e0a4470ac02541e967622955f9c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 213 (2013_14) — "Flint River Drought Protection Act"; clarify legislative intent; revise definitions; expand programs

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Flint River Drought Protection Act," so as to clarify legislative intent; to revise definitions; to expand programs and provide for completion of new studies; to provide for additional powers of the director; to provide for new irrigation efficiency requirements; to provide for participation in augmented flow programs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As introduced LC 40 0327 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 40 0358S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 AM 40 0055 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
6. Floor amend 3 (committee substitute) — source
7. Floor amend 4 (committee substitute) — source
8. Floor amend 4a (committee substitute) — source
9. LC 40 0389S/hss (committee substitute) — source
10. LC 40 0525ERS/hss (committee substitute) — source
11. LC 40 0625ERS/hss (committee substitute) — source
12. SB 213/AP* (committee substitute) — source
13. SB 213/HCSFA (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 52–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Ronnie Chance — primary (person)
• Ross Tolleson — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2013-02-25 Senate Hopper
• 2013-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-01 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-07 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-07 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-22 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-26 House Postponed
• 2013-03-28 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2014-02-05 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-03 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2014-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-11 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2014-03-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-12 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-13 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-26 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-16 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-16 Act 537 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/32d38611-e3bd-4e4d-9ee7-e3f0b79e8fdc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).